Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
The House Bill for Relief of Dependent
Parents, Etc, Passes the Senate
Without Division.
The Hiver and Rarbor Appropriation Bill
Passes the House as Reported from
the Committee.
XIX CONGRESS.

postal telegraph system, Win suosLl-
tute, which he stated consisted of the
eleven first sections reported by the post
Office committee Of the Forty-eighth Con-
gress. Placed on the Senate calendar.
Senator Cullom offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Whereas, since March 81, 1885, the
Secretary OF the Treasury IN his monthly
statements has treated fractional silver
coin in the Treasury as no portion OF the
cash balance available; therefore
Resolved, that the finance committee
of the Senate be authorized and directed
to examine into this subject and report
whether legislation is requisite to make
fractional silver coin now held in the
Treasury part of the available cash
balance, and also whether it will be or
not iudicous to provide for having such
fractional silver coin reCOined into stand
ard silver dollars.
The resolution offered by Senator Hoar
Yesterday iu executive session declaring
that after the Senate has refused its ad-
vice and consent to the appointment OF
any person to office, it is contrary to the
spirit and intent of the constitution to
designate the same person to the same
office Immediately thereafter, was taken
up and referred to the committee on priv
ileges and elections.
After a long discussion it was agreed
that the railroad attorney bill be made
the unfinished business, and il will come
Up at O'Clock tomorrow, and the house
bill for the relief of dependent parents
and honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors who are now disabled and de-
pendent upon their labor for support was
taken up.
Senator Mitchell advocated the bill. He
said the Republican side of the Senate
was not entirely satisfied with the bill,
but they were vii Ing to accept what
they could get at this time.
Senator Frye asked whether this bill
did not pen sion all soldiers engaged in
the Seminole, Mexican and other wars
entirely regardless as to whether they had
subsequently gone into the rebellion
against the government.
Senator Mitchell replied in the aflirma-
tive, but said that disabilities incurred in
the service of the rebellion were ex-
cepted.
Senator Frye suggested that the bill
would open the door to serious trouble.
If & man had served in the rebel army
and was disabled by rheumatism or any
chronic disease it would be utterly i'm
possible to determine whether the disease
was contracted while serving in the rebel
army or not.
long discussion ensued, when finally
Senator Van Wyck declared against all
lighting over this bill, while there were in
the aims houses of the country 10000
men who had fought for the flag. The
bill was then passed without amendment
and without division.
Senator EdmUndS presented bill re
ceived by him as chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, from the
Secretary of State, giving the revised and
latest list Of secures and waitings, ETC.,
of fish vessels in Canadian waters; and
asked that it be printed and bound with
the committees report. So ordered.
The Senate then resumed consideration
OF the agricultural experiment station
bill. Senator Edmunds offered an amend
ment that nothing in the act shall be con-
Strued as binding the United States to
continue these appropriations, but that
Congress may at any time suspend or re-
peal all or any of the provisions of the
act. Agreed to.
The bill was then passed without d.
vision. 1t directs the establishment in
with agricultural colleges of
The department to be known and des- |
ignsted as Agricultural Experiment Sta
tions. Where there are two such col |
leges in one ate the amount appro
priatedito the state and territory for this |
purpose, $4,000 year, is to be equally |
divided between them unless the state leg |
islature shall otherwise direct. The object |
and duty of such experiment station is to
conduct original researches or to
verify experiments on animal diseases
to which they are severally subject
and to devise therefor chemical compo-
sitionS of useful plants; the comparative
advantages and relative cropping capaci-
~ of new plants or trees for acclimation;
the analysis of soils and water; the chem
cal composition OF manureS; the adapta-
ton and value of grasses and forage
plants; the composition and dlgestibillty
IF different kinds of food for domestic
scientific and economic ques
ions involved in the production of butter
and cheese, aud such other researches or
bearing directly on the agri-
cultural industry of the United States as
nay be deemed advisable.
llNCl uuNl hui OOA appropriation jill
vas received from the House and referred
% the committee on commerce.
Senator Hoar moved to reconsider the
yote by which the dependent soldiers
pension bill was passed, and a message
vas sent to the House requesting the re-
urn of such bill. The object of the mo-
ion is understood to be the correction of
ome defect.
Adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The Speaker
the unfinished business to be
he river and harbor appropriation bill.
Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa withdrew his de-
nand for the reading of the engrossed
opy, aud the question required on the
assage of the bill. The bill passed, yeas
81, nays "a, in the exact form in which
was reported from the committee.
Mr.. Hammond of Georgia, from the
ommittee on judiciary, reported ad-
ersely the joint resolution providing for
ne election of United States senators by
lie people
At the request of Mr.. Weaver, the joint 8
esolution was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Heard of Missouri called up the
oecial order, being the bill for the iDcor- !,
oration of the Cable Railway Company
the District OF Columbia.
Mr.. Belmont of New York antsgoniZed I
lie special order with the consular and
opH raisad {